Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — During the first week of November, after a lengthy investigation, the New Mexico State Police Crime Suppression Unit along with the New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau identified Rene Rolando Lobos, 32, of Albuquerque to be involved in trafficking large amounts of Fentanyl.
State Police agents located Lobos at the Sandia Shadow Apartments on 2901 Euclid Avenue NE. With the assistance of the New Mexico State Police Tactical Team, a plan was developed to safely take Lobos, who was believed to be armed and dangerous, into custody.
On November 7, at around 3:00 p.m., Agents successfully served a search warrant on Lobos’s apartment. Lobo, who was armed, was safely taken into custody without incident. He was charged with Trafficking of Fentanyl (four counts). In addition to the Trafficking charges agents located two handguns and two rifles, over 1,000 rounds of ammunition, body armor, and approximately 2,000 Fentanyl pills.
